Historical information about the house called 'Rakeevan', situated in Graceville, Brisbane. The house was originally built for Charles Hardie Buzzacott in 1888 and was called 'Verney'. John Ferguson bought the house in 1895 as a residence for his daughter Mary Ann Ferdinando Ferguson and her husband Alfred Henry Chambers, who named it 'Rakeevan'. When they moved, John Ferguson presented the house to his second daughter, Catherine Jane Ferguson and her husband Joshua Thomas Bell. The house, after more changes of ownership and usage is now an aged care facility with the original name of 'Verney' and is heritage listed.

This files includes: correspondence, notes, newspaper cuttings, 'Order of Service ... on the 125th anniversary of the famly of The Hon Sir Joshua Peter Bell commencing residence in Jimbour House 7 April 2002', and 'Order of proceedings' for the cellar door opening on 7 April 2002.

Photocopies, newspaper cuttings, correspondence relating to Jimbour House: Copy of ‘The imperfections of the great’, Mar 1978. --
Newspaper cuttings, 2009 to 2010. -- Copy of photograph of tombstone. -- Photocopies of newspaper cuttings. -- Dedication booklet for the Deborah Russell garden. -- Brochure of ‘Jimbour a walk through history’. -- Information sheets. -- Photocopy of photograph of Jimbour Station. -- ‘The Great wall of Jimbour: heritage and the cultural landscape’, from Public history review, vol 12, pp. 103-110, 2006. -- Printout of Friends of Jimbour – Jimbour e-Newsletter, Sep 2009.

Photocopies, newspaper cuttings, correspondence relating to William Kellett (who worked for Bell & Sons of Jimbour until 1881 when Sir Joshua Peter Bell died). Copy of Mr Edward Kellett (father of William Kellett) deceased notice in Queensland Times, 17 July 1881. Typed tombstone inscription for Edward kellett with typescript of deceased notice in Queensland Times, 17 July 1881. Correspondence to Mr CD & Mrs AM Taylor from Cr Peter Matic relating to naming of Pocket Park, Kellett Street, 17 Nov 2009 to "William Kellett Park".
Two photocopied pages from an unknown publication recounting William Kellett’s association with the Joshua Peter Bell (1827-1881) and the Bell properites, including Buaraba.

Correspondence between Dorothy McPhee and Joshua Peter Ferguson Bell (1907-1997) [son of Joshua Thomas Bell] regarding information for the booklet The Bell connection, 1986. The booklet: The Bell & District Progress Association Inc. (2006). The Bell connection : compiled for the Bell centenary, Peranga, Peranga Post. Newspaper cutting ‘Town celebrates centenary in style’, The Chronicle, 9 Oct 2006.

Photocopies of extracts from letters written by Cuthbert Edward Peek while on the Queensland and British 1882 Transit Expedition, 29 Oct to 18 Dec 1882, 3 copies. [Cuthbert Edward Peek was a self-funded amateur astronomer who joined the official observers from the Royal Geographical Society that travelled to Jimbour Station and chose Jimbour House as the transit station to observe the transit of Venus; Jimbour House had been recently vacated].

Photocopies of newspaper cuttings regarding the Bell Memorial Committee, the Bell Memorial Fund and fate of the Bell library from Jimbour House, 1912 to 1922

The Bell family initially settled in the Dalby area and were assoicate with several properties including Jimbour Station, Jimbour House, 'Westland' (managed by Colin Basil Peter Bell) and Rakeevan (given by John Ferguson to Joshua Thomas and Catherine Jane Bell (nee Ferguson).

Blue cloth bound album, “Sunny Memories” on top left-hand corner of cover, initials "K. J." at bottom right-hand corner of cover. Catherine Jane Ferguson married Charles Syndey Jones (1861-1896) on 28 Oct 1889 in Melbourne. They had three daughters: Ella Maud (born 9 Mar 1891), Enid Frances Sydney (born 31 May 1892) and Kate Elaine Sydney (born 27 Apr 1895, also known as Katie, Kit or Kitty). After the death of Sydney Jones, Catherine married Joshua Thomas Bell.

This album contains 194 photographs dated 1897 to around 1901. There are twenty pages. Photographs have been pasted to the inside and back covers of the album. First five pages have captions with dates (1897 to 1901) and initials [of photographer?]. There are photographs of the family, children, Mount Morgan, 'Kenmore' (residence of John Ferguson, in Rockhampton), Rockhampton botanical gardens, 'Killin' (now called Yungaba, residence built by John Ferguson for Catherine Janes Ferguson and her husband, solicitor, Charles Sydney Jones), the Grandstand at the Rockhampton race course.

From page five, the last captioned page, photogaphs are taken when Catherine and her children travelled to Lenzie, Scotland, and include photographs from the trip there, activities while overseas, and what appears to be photographs from the trip back to Australia.

The Sunny Memories album was produced by Percy Lund & Co. and allowed photographs or photographic scraps to be inserted into the album. It was produced from 1898.

A 19th century carte de visite photo album. Brass clasp is missing. Initial page, with inscription is torn with only 'To' and 'wit[h]' still remaining. The album has 42 pages with 84 spaces for carte de visites to be displayed. Each page is specially made to allow insertion of carte de visties through slots in the bottom of two stiff sheets of cardbord and visible through cut portrait openings. There are four missing photographs and one photograph in the back of the book. It may have been compiled by Catherine Bell. Captions are provided where available, supplied titles, some by Sue Bell, are in square brackets:

1. J.P. Bell
2. Margaret M. Bell (Lady)
3. J.T. Bell
4. William Bell
5. C.B.P. Bell
6. Ossie Bell
7. J.T. Bell 1880s
8. [Woman, possibly Jinny Maxwell?]
9. Thomas Bell
10. Maida Isabella Sarah Bell.
11. Maida Bell, taken 1880
12. Thomas Bell, 1872
13. J.P. Bell,
14. [Photo missing]
15. [Gerald and Thomas de Lacy Moffatt?]
16. Colin Bell
17. Maida Bell
18. [J.T. and William Bell]
19. [Gerald Kellet Moffatt, son of Isabella dn Thomas Moffatt]
20. [Thomas de Lacy Moffatt, son of Isabella and Thomas Moffatt]
21. Maida Bell
22. [Missing. Handwritten caption says 'T. B. Thomas Bell. d. 1872 with g'daughter Maida Moffatt]
23. [Thomas de Lacy Moffatt]
24. [Gerald Kellett Moffatt]
25. [Early photo of one of the Moffatt girls?]
26. [Missing. Handwritten caption says Thos Bell]
27. [Gerard Kellett Moffatt?]
28. [Woman. Caption on reverse says Margaret M Bell but not correct]
29. C.B.P. Bell
30. [Photo of two young men]
31. [Isabella and Mary Moffatt?]
32. [One of the Moffatt girls?]
33. [One of the Moffatt girls?]
34. [Missing]
35. [Missing]
36. [Older woman]
37. [Moffatt girl]
38. [Moffatt girl]
39. [Thomas de Lacy Moffatt]
40. [Isabella and Mary Moffatt?]
41. [Moffatt girl]
42. [Moffatt girl]
43. [Moffatt girl]
44. Maida I. S.
45. [Woman]
46. [Group of four women]
47. [Man]
48. Oswald
49. [Man]
50. [Woman]
51. [Young man]
52. [Woman]
53. [One of the adult male Bells?]
54. [Thomas de lacy Moffatt]
55. [Man. Inscription on reverse "To A Queenslander from a 'would be' Queenslander 30/6/81]
56. [Man]
57. [Woman]
58. [Handwritten note 'Welton']
59. [Thomas de Lacy Moffatt]
60. [Man]
61. [Maida Bell? Not a carte de vistie]
62. [Thomas de Lacy Moffatt]
63. C.B.P. Bell
64. Ossie Bell
65. [Inscription: Mr & Mrs Armstrong to their friend G Proley]
66. [Man]
67. J.T. Bell
68. [Man leaning against fence]
69. [Inscription: D. E. Brown, 1880]
70. [Boy]
71. J. T. Bell
72. J. T. Bell
73. [J.T. Bell]
74. J.P. Bell
75. [Young man]
76. [Young woman]
77. [Moffatt girl?]
78. [Moffatt girl?]
79. [Man on a horse in fromt of house]
80. [Horse drawn carriage]
81. [Landscape picture of man with unsaddled horse]
82. [Portrait picture of man with saddled horse]
83. "Ossie" & Maida
84. [Two boys]
    [85. Picture inserted in back of album of young woman with inscription on reverse 'From Evelyn']